PARK, Mungo (1771 – 1806)
1771 – 1806
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1799 CE
#7931
Travels in the interior districts of Africa: Performed under the direction and patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797. By Mungo Park, surgeon. With an appendix, containing geographical illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell.
Park, a Scottish physician, was the first Westerner to travel to the central portion of the Niger River. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1815 CE
#7932
Journal of a mission to the interior of Africa, in the year 1805. Together with other documents, official and private, relating to the same mission. To which is prefixed an account of the life of Mr. Park.
Park died in Africa in 1806, as a result of conflicts with native peoples. This volume includes the journal of Isaaco, an African, who served as Mungo Park's guide. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this …